Egg carton



May 20, 1930. B. SCHlNSCHOLL EGG CARTON Filed Sept. .6, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l i l v VEN TOR:

May 20, 1 930. B. SCHINSCHOLLQ EGG CARTON Filed Sept. 6, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 /N MENTOR:

Patented Ma 20, 1930 UNITED STATES Enron SCHINSC'HOLL, or cmemnarr, omo' EGG CARTON Application filed September 6, 1a2s. Serial n. 304,328. 1

'It is the object of my invention to provide an egg carton comprising a plurahty of groups of egg-pockets and means whereby said egg carton may be readily divided into sectional egg cartons, each comprising a group of egg-pockets; further, to provide an egg carton with novel means whereby the egg carton may be divided lengthwise-for forming a tray; and, further, to provide an egg carton with novel fastening means so arranged as to prevent injury in tying, untying and handling the carton.

The invention will be further readily understood from the following description and claims, and from the drawings, which latter:

Fig. 1 is a perspectivew'iew of my improved device in assembled relation.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the'same,

taken on the line 2 2 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same, taken in the plane of the line 33 of F ig, 2.

Fig. 4 is an inside view of my improved device in partially spread relation. I

Fig. 5 is a plan view ofrthe fastening means for the carton.

Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the same.

Fig. 7 is a cross-section of the same, taken on the line 77 of'Fig. 5; and,

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a divided carton section containing eggs and serving as a tray. k I

The carton is formed of straw board or other fiber board and is exemplified as formed into cylindrical containers, a pair of which are arranged side by side, each of the cylindrical portions being arranged to contain 1n practice a half dozen eggs so that as shown I the carton holds one dozen eggs. The 1nvention is of course of cartons.

In its preferred form the shell of the carton comprises substantially semi-cylindrical porof pockets accommodate a half dozen applicable to other sizes' tions 12, 13, and 14, 15, arranged to be placed a flexible score 16, so that the halves of the shell may beopened and closed forinsertion and removal of the eggs.

The semi-cylindrical portions 12, 13,'have the bent portions 17, b etween'themyand the semi-cylindrical portions 14,15, have the bent portion 18 between them. I

Nests 21, 22, are provided for the respective halves of the carton, and comprise sheetsof the carton provided with pockets 23, 24,

which mate each other in the respective-halves of. the carton, for receiving the respective halves of the eggs therein, and holding the eggs securelyin individual pockets .and sepa rating the eggs from each other. The pockets 23, 24, are preferably formed as sectors pressed from the body of'the sheet forming the carton. I

These nests extend lengthwise of the semicylindrical portions of the carton, and are 7 preferably arranged in groups 25,. 26. There aresix pockets shown in each of the lengthwise rows, which may constitute two groups. The collective pockets may/for instance ac-' commodate one dozen eggs, and each group 7 eg s, arranged in threes, side .by side. g

The longitudinal edges of the sheets are provided with flanges 27, 28, bent therefrom along scores 29, 30, respectively resting upon the inner. perpiheries of the respective semicylinder sections 13, 15, of the shell, soiis to support the respective nest-halves on the-respective shell-halvesalo the outer margins of the respective pocket-s eets of the carton. The flanges 27, 28, extend at substantially right angles from the res ective sheets of the nests'and thereby strengt en said nests. The intermediate bent portions 17, 18, of the re: s'pective pairs of shell-halves preferably find support upon said nest-halves between the respective lines of-pockets therein.v The carton is provided with a line of incisions 35 extending transversely of the carton, theseincisions beingshowp in the semicylindrical sections, the pocketsheets and the flanges, and are located between the re-' spective groups of pockets. Theseincisions or scoring ovide means whereby the egg carton may be readily divided into a plurality of sectional egg cartons, as by manually breaking the carton along the line'of said incisions or scoring, with or without the eggs therein, for instance, when a customer buys only a portionof the number of eggs in the carton. Instancing that a carton comprises pockets for a dozen eggs, the'transverse incisions or scoring may be madelin the middle of the length of the carton, for dividing the carton into two egg carton sections, each arranged for a half dozeneggs. I I

The outer face of the carton is provided with a line 37 extending lengthwise of the carton at the score 16, and with a line of incisions 38 extending lengthwisepf the carton at said score from the inside of the carton. The line and incisions are preferably at coincident positions at opposite sides of the body of the score. The carton or carton sections are readily divided along said incisions 38, or scores, so as to readily use one-half of the carton or carton section asa tray, in which the goods are located, for instance, after the customer has the carton with its contents at tions shown in the exemplification in Fig. 8.

Each of the carton sections is provided with fastening means, so that the cartons may be" filled with eggs in their assembled form, for instance, containing a dozen eggs, so that if a customer desires a halfidozen eggs, the carton may be divided along the ti-Tsverse incisionsinto sections each containing a half dozen eggs, tied in the carton section, and one of these carton sections with the eggs therein delivered. v

The tying means are exemplified for instance as comprising a fiber washer 41. A clamp 42 has prongs 43 struck up therefrom. These prongs are received through slots 44 in the fiber washer and through slots 45 in the fiber carton. One end of 'a'string 46 is received between the washerand the carton, and the ends of the prongsare bent outwardly, toward the body of the clamp, upon the inner face of the carton, for clamping the clamp,

the washer, the string and the carton together.

The edge-of the washer or button is slightly raised from the carton, the washer being preferably fastened to a rounding portion of the carton. The washer is shown as around disk, and the clamp is struck up from a smaller round disk. The string is received about the carton, and then wound under the washer about the prongs, and is thereby frictionally held in place for tying the carton section.

Danger of contact with sharp or metaledges bythe seller and useris avoided.

provided with a plurality of mating eggpockets extending lengthwise of said shellhalves and including a plurality of longitudinally arranged groups "of said mating eggpockets, and forming a completed composite egg carton, and means for manual breaking of said completed composite egg carton into a plurality of sectional egg cartons comprising providingall said longitudinally extending portions of said completed composite egg carton with incisions extending transversely therein between said groups of mating eggpockets for manually breaking said completed composite egg carton into said plurality of divided egg cartons on said incisions.

2. An egg carton comprising a shell embodying a pair ofsubstantially semi-cylindrical longitudinally extending sections forming longitudinally extending shellhalveshinged together by a, score integral in said shell at the proximate sides of said substantially semi-cylindrical sections, longitudinally extending egg-nest sections extending laterally from the opposite sides of said respective shell-sections toward said score and respectively provided with a plurality of longitudinally arranged groups of mating egg-pockets extending lengthwise of said shell'sections, and longitudinally extending flanges extending from the edges-of said respective egg-nest sections at said score, and arranged along the inside faces of the side walls of said substantially semi-cylimdrical sections adjacent to said score, and.

forming a completed composite egg car-ton, and means fommauual breaking of said completed composite egg carton into a plurality of sectional egg cartons comprising providing said shell-halves, said egg-nest sections and said flanges with incisions extending cross wise thereof between said longitudinally arranged groups of mating g' -pockets for manually breaking said comgfiated composite egg carton into said plurality of sectional egg cartons on said incisions.

3. An egg carton comprising a shell embodying a pair of substantially-semi-cylindrical longitudinally extending sectidns forming longitudinal] halveshinged together y a score integral in said shell at the proximate sides of said substantially semi-cylindrical sections, longituextending shellvdinally extending egg-nest sections extending vplurality of sectional egg cartons comprising providing said longitudinally extending portions of said shell with incisions extending transverselythereof between said longitu=- dmally arrangd groups of matingegg peckets, for manually breaking said completed composite egg carton into a plurality of sectional egg cartons onsaid inci'sions,'and separate tying means encompassing each ofsaid sectional egg cartons 4. An egg carton comprising a shell formed with a plurality of pairs of substantially semi-cylindrical longitudinally extending sections to form longitudinally extending shell-halves hinged together by a score integral in said shell, and longitudinally extending egg-nest sections extending laterally from said respective shell-sections toward said score and provided with pairs of mating eggpockets extending lengthwise of and arranged to register with said plurality of pairs of said shell-halves, said egg carton arranged to be supported by the outer portions of said shell- 'halves, and forming a completedegg carton,

and means for manual separation of said pairs of shell-halves and constituting the said groups of mating egg-pockets onsaid incisions, a tying means for each of. said sectional egg cartons, said egg cartons arranged to be supported by the outer portions of said shell-halves, and means for the transforming of completed composite egg carton into a pluevs rality of trays each of which comprises one 7 of said plurality of pairs of shell-halves'comprising providing said score with incisions extending lengthwise thereof for manual separation of said-respective pairs of shellhalves on said last-named incisions.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

ERICH SCHINSCHOLL.

same respectively as trays, comprising providing said egg carton with a longitudinally extending incision extending along said score 7 between said plurality of pairs of shell-halves for separating said plurality of pairs of shellhalves with said egg-nest sections respectively thereon. I

\ 5. An egg carton comprising a shell en bodying a plurality of pairs ofsubstanti'ally semi-cylindrical longitudinally extending sections to form a plurality of pairs of shellhalves hinged together by a longitudinal score integral in said shell, a plurality of pairs of longitudinally extending egg-nest sections extending laterally from said respective shell-sections toward said score and provided with a plurality of pairs of longitudinally extending mating egg-pockets extend ing in longitudinally arran ed groups-lengthwise of said respective shell-sections, and

I forming a completed composite egg carton, and means for manual breaking of said completed composite egg carton into a plurality of sectional egg cartons comprising providipgsaid longitudinally extending po'rt-ionsof said completed composite egg carton with incisions extending transversely thereof be tween said longitudinally arran ed groups of mating egg-pockets, for manuafiy dividing 

